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Moving to a walkable city can add more than 1,000 steps to your day: Study

Moving to highly walkable U.S. cities increased daily steps by about 1,100 and nearly doubled chances of meeting physical activity goals, researchers found.

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People who moved to cities with better walkability logged about 1,100 more steps per day and were nearly twice as likely to meet exercise goals, a study said.

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Moving to a more walkable city pays off for health, scientists find

People who moved to a walking friendly city walked more, and at the brisk pace favoured to improve health and prevent disease, a new natural experiment shows.

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Moving to a walkable city can add more than 1,000 steps to your day: Study

People who moved to cities with better walkability logged about 1,100 more steps per day and were nearly twice as likely to meet exercise goals, a study said.

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